Multiple Airdrie schools participated in Rocky View School's fourth annual Helping Hands Cleanup last week.
Every April since 2021, Rocky View Schools (RVS) has hosted the annual Helping Hands Cleanup as an observation of Earth Day (April 22).
This year, a record-breaking 39 RVS schools are heading outdoors to help keep their school grounds looking beautiful. The Airdrie schools include:
- A.E. Bowers Elementary School
- Cooper’s Crossing School
- C.W. Perry School
- École Airdrie Middle School
- École Edwards Elementary School
- George McDougall High School
- Heloise Lorimer School
- Northcott Prairie School
- Nose Creek Elementary School
- Ralph McCall School
- W.H. Croxford High School
- Windsong Heights School
Devon Sawby, the principal of Northcott Prairie School, explained they held their cleanup on Thursday.
"Our students appreciate that opportunity to get out a little bit away from the school and take care of our neighbours and help clean the city."
She explained that one of the goals of the school is to create future-ready students, and part of that is being a good global citizen.
"I think that there is a big reward in supporting our community and supporting others, and so I think that's a big piece of why we do Helping Hands."
Members of the RVS Operations team will provide food prizes to the classes that discover the largest, strangest, or most valuable object, as well as the ones that exhibit the strongest school spirit, to add excitement to the day.
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